Minnesota State Mavericks men's ice hockey


The Minnesota State Mavericks men's ice hockey team is a NCAA Division I college ice hockey program that represents Minnesota State University, Mankato. The Mavericks compete in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. Their home arena is the Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center located in downtown Mankato, Minnesota.

History

The Minnesota State Mavericks men's ice hockey team commenced play as a varsity sport in 1969-70. They competed independent of a conference affiliation at the NCAA Division II level from 1969-70 to 1983-84. From 1984-85 to 1991-92, the Mavericks competed at the NCAA Division III level, before returning to the NCAA Division II ranks from 1992-93 to 1995-96. Starting with the 1996-97 season, the Mavericks began competition at the NCAA Division I level. The Mavericks were granted acceptance to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association in 1999-00, and have remained with the conference to the present.
The program saw great success at the NCAA Division II level during the 1970s and 1980s. The Mavericks finished as the NCAA Division II national runner-up in 1979, after being defeated by the University of Massachusetts Lowell 6-4 in the final. The Mavericks were awarded the 1980 NCAA Division II National Championship over Elmira College 5-2 in the championship game. In 1991, while competing at the NCAA Division III level, the Mavericks finished as national runner-up following a loss versus the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point 6-2. The Mavericks have had sustained success in recent seasons, reaching the NCAA Tournament in consecutive seasons for the first time in program history, winning the Broadmoor Trophy as the WCHA playoff champions in 2014 and the MacNaughton Cup as WCHA regular season champions in 2015. MSU was the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament in 2015 but was upset by RIT in the first round, becoming the first No. 1 overall seed to lose in the first round of the NCAA hockey tournament.
They are one of five Minnesota-based universities that competed in the WCHA, the others being Minnesota, Minnesota-Duluth, St. Cloud State, and Bemidji State. After a major hockey conference realignment in 2013, only Minnesota State and Bemidji State remain in the WCHA. Minnesota joined the new men's hockey league of its all-sports conference, the Big Ten, and Minnesota–Duluth and St. Cloud State became charter members of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. The five schools compete annually for the North Star College Cup, hosted by the University of Minnesota at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
On March 29, 2017, the university announced that it was in negotiations to extend the contract of head coach Mike Hastings by 10 years, providing its coach with the longest contract term in all of Division I men's hockey. In addition to the contract extension, the university said it would invest further resources into the program's recruiting and equipment budgets and work to cover full cost of attendance.

Season-by-season results

Coaches

As of April 15, 2020

Awards and honors

NCAA

Individual Awards

Spencer Penrose Award
AHCA First Team All-Americans
AHCA Second Team All-Americans

Individual Awards

MVP
Coach of the Year
First Team All-NCHA
Second Team All-WCHA

Individual Awards

Player of the Year
Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year
Coach of the Year
Freshman of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Most Valuable Player in Tournament
First Team All-WCHA
Second Team All-WCHA
Third Team All-WCHA
All-WCHA Rookie Team

Career points leaders

PlayerYearsGPGAPtsPIM
1979–198314412914423990
1981–1985132123101224175
1977–19811368311319683
1979–19821066810517394
1994–199812855114169202
1981–198513363105168178
1977–19811477692168142
1995–19991309074164309
1996–20001476110316468
2011–201515849113162114
2016–2020148719116265

Career Goaltending Leaders

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Minimum 1300 minutes
PlayerYearsGPMinWLTGASOSV%GAA
2018–Present7141675411410614.9341.53
2017–20183118002361543.9141.86
2013–20178847304627415811.9142.00
2012–20158246365124515510.9172.01
2015–201845246822117875.9072.12

Statistics current through the start of the 2020-21 season.

Players

Current roster

As of July 12, 2019.

Mavericks in the NHL

PlayerPositionTeamYearsStanley Cup|
David BackesRight WingSTL, BOS2006–Present0
Teodors BļugersCenterPIT2018–Present0
Daniel BrickleyDefensemanLAK2017–Present0
Ryan CarterLeft Wing, CAR, FLA, NJD, MIN2006–20161
Eriah HayesRight WingSJS2013–20150
Tim JackmanRight WingCBJ, PHO, NYI, CGY, ANA2003–20160
Jon KalinskiCenterPHI2008–20100
Travis MorinCenterDAL2011–20150
Kael MouillieratLeft WingNYI, PIT2014–20160
Casey NelsonDefensemanBUF2015–Present0
Tyler PitlickCenterEDM, DAL2013–Present0
Grant StevensonRight WingSJS2005–20060
Steve WagnerDefensemanSTL2007–20090